WIRED
• Zeyi Yang
Huawei’s and Xiaomi’s flagship devices are packed with impressive features, but Apple is dominating the Chinese smartphone market again—for now.
WIRED
• Miles Klee
Entertainment about or made with artificial intelligence has been missing the mark with viewers over the past year.
The Daily
• The New York Times
WIRED
• Amanda Chatel
Even if you typically don't like dildos, the Lelo Gigi 3 could be your ticket to sexual pleasure.
Scripting News for email
• Dave Winer
omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/we-must-now-break-jeff-bezos-financially-2-6-26
WordPress’s new Link Fixer is in some ways similar to the archiving features that we’ve had baked into Micro.blog for years. But I like their option to routinely fix broken links. I’ve been thinking maybe a report that makes it easier to do this, even if it’s not automatic.
Dave Rupert wants to see more writing about making things better:
It’s cheap and easy to complain and say “[Thing] is bad”, but it’s also free to share what you think would be better.
Good post. Complaining can sometimes be valuable, but also too often we target people instead of ideas and institutions, achieving nothing. The constant negativity can be overwhelming.
WIRED
• Scharon Harding, Ars Technica
During a hearing at the US Senate, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the company is working with the US government on guardrails against more price hikes.
Here's a news page with stories from the most-quoted blogs on Hacker News. A brilliant idea. All I did was give each item a category, and shortened the URL. The brief writeup is here.
WIRED
• Brad Bourque
Upgrade your viewing setup before inviting your friends over to watch the big game.
The Texas Observer
• Montserrat Garibay
Editor’s Note: The author of this article is currently one of eight Democrats running in the March 3 primary for state House District 49, the seat vacated by gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa. You can read more about the candidates here. I grew up undocumented in this country. From an early age, I learned how fear […]
The post When Local Police Collaborate with ICE, Children Pay the Price appeared first on The Texas Observer.
I'm going to WordCamp Europe in June in Poland. Can't wait.
No one else can see this message. You are the only real person. The rest of us are alien robots sent here to test you.
WIRED
• Emily Mullin
In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis.
McSweeney’s
• Sara Tabin
